Hello!
Am 19.02.03 schrieb Jason Lunz:
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> > Packages passed from host B to host C seems to be corrupted by
> > the bridge - they pass until host C (I could see the lamps
> > flashing) but never arrives on host C (checked with tcpdump).
> try using the eepro100 driver on eth0. Older versions of the e100 driver
> had problems with promiscuous mode. Driver promiscuity bugs will cause
> bridges to behave strangely, similar to what you wrote above. What
> happens is that some frames from B to C are dropped by eth0 because it
> isn't really in promiscuous mode, even though /bin/ip and friends say it
> is.
It was the solution. Thanks for the hint!
I will do some stress tests now and inform you, if I find more
problems.
Am 20.02.03 schrieb Paul Schulz:
> I've found a similar issue with the Broadcom network card.
> The IP checksum is calculated incorrectly by the firmware
> as the packets pass through the bridging host. We think it's
> because it assumes that the source IP address is the IP address
> of the host sending the packets, which is incorrent when
> bridging. This lookk slike a similar issue.
It seems to me, that the e1000 works as it should. For your
information:
/proc/pci:
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 2).
IRQ 23.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=255.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb040000 [0xfb05ffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb020000 [0xfb03ffff].
I/O at 0x2440 [0x247f].
lspci:
00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 100e (rev 02)
lspci -n:
00:07.0 Class 0200: 8086:100e (rev 02)
Sincerly Beat Rubischon
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